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§ 1311. Establishment of university coal research laboratories
(a) Designation by Secretary of Energy
(b) Criteria
(1) Those ten institutions of higher education designated as provided in subsection (e) shall be located in a State with abundant coal reserves.
(2) The institution of higher education shall have experience in coal research, expertise in several areas of coal research, and potential or currently active, outstanding programs in coal research.
(3) The institution of higher education has the capacity to establish and operate the coal laboratories to be assisted under this subchapter.
(c) Location of coal laboratories
(d) Period for submission of applications for designation; contents
The Secretary of Energy shall establish a period, not in excess of ninety days after August 3, 1977, for the submission of applications for designation under this section. Any institution of higher education desiring to be designated under this subchapter shall submit an application to the Secretary of Energy in such form, at such time, and containing or accompanied by such information as the Secretary of Energy may reasonably require. Each application shall—
(1) describe the facilities to be established for coal energy resources and conversion research and research on related environmental problems including facilities for interdisciplinary academic research projects by the combined efforts of specialists such as mining engineers, mineral engineers, geochemists, mineralogists, mineral economists, fuel scientists, combustion engineers, mineral preparation engineers, coal petrographers, geologists, chemical engineers, civil engineers, mechanical engineers, and ecologists;
(2) set forth a program for the establishment of a test laboratory for coal characterization which, in addition, may be used as a site for the exchange of coal research activities by representatives of private industry engaged in coal research and characterization;
(3) set forth a program for providing research and development activities for students engaged in advanced study in any discipline which is related to the development of adequate energy supplies in the United States. The research laboratory shall be associated with an ongoing educational and research program on extraction and utilization of coal.
(e) Time limit
(Pub. L. 95–87, title VIII, § 801, Aug. 3, 1977, 91 Stat. 526; Pub. L. 95–617, title VI, § 604(a), (c), Nov. 9, 1978, 92 Stat. 3166, 3167; Pub. L. 102–285, § 10(b), May 18, 1992, 106 Stat. 172.)